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W.'A. RODS. v ,Pan Attachment. No. 240,188. Patented April 12,1881.

TORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. ROOS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FAN ATTACH MENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,188, dated April 12, 1881. Application filed February 10, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. ROOS, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fans, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide simple and convenient mechanism adapted for attachment to a chair or other article of furniture for operation by a person sitting or reclining to vibrate a fan.

Theinvention consists in mechanism of novel construction and arrangement, as hereinafter described and claimed, with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the fan as applied to a chair, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is a bracket, formed for attachment by screws to the under side of a chair-bottom, table, or other article of furniture.

B is a socket-piece, attached to bracket A by screws a a passing through its flanged portion into the bracket. The screw a passes through a curved slot, that allows adjustment of the socket-piece on the bracket.

U is a stafi entering the socket of piece B, and fixed therein by a set-screw, b.

c is an arm fixed on the upper end of staff 0, and supporting one end of a roller, d, that has its outer end journaled in staff 0.

e is a fan-blade fixed on roller 01. The roller d, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3, is fitted at one end with a coiled spring, f, that is attached by one end to the roller and to arm 0 by its other end. From roller d a cord, 9, passes to a spring-treadle, h, that is hung on bottom piece, 41. The treadle is portable, and may be moved to a convenient place for operation by the foot of the person sitting. The cord 9 is in two pieces, connected by a hook, it, which allows disconnection of the treadle, leaving the other cord for use to operate the fan by hand.

When placed on a chairthe shaftG, as shown, is at one side of the chair, and the arm 0 extends above the slat. The inclination of the staff is varied by adjustment of socket-piece B. The treadle being then placed on the floor in front, the fan is operated by pressing down the treadle, which gives the roller cl a partial rotation, and, on release of the treadle-spring f, returns the roller back. These vibrating movements can be made as rapidly as required, and the fan also operated by hand in the same manner.

The devices may be fitted to a table and 0p erated in the same manner, or they may be applied to a bed and operated by hand by a person reclining.

The socket-piece B will be made of a length to hold staff B off from the chair far enough to clear the arms.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the bracket A, having socket B, the staff 0, carrying arm a, the roller d, carrying fan 0 and spring f, the cord g, and the spring-supported treadle h, to adapt the whole to be applied to a chair and used as described.

WILLIAM A. ROOS.

Witnesses:

DANIEL SMITH, JOHN FoERscH. 

